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Lot 152: Mrs. Anne Mee (British, c.1770/5-1851)

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomOctober 07, 2003

Item Overview

Description

Augusta Emma d'Este (1801-66), wearing white dress with blue ribbon at her corsage
brass frame, the reverse engraved AUGUSTA EMMA DESTE/ afterwards/ LADY TRURO
Oval, 102mm. (4ins.) high

Artist or Maker

Notes

Augusta was the daughter of Augustus Frederick Hanover, Duke of Sussex and Augusta (d'Ameland) Murray, whom he had married illegally in 1793. This marriage had been declared null and void by the time of the birth of their first child, Augustus, in 1794. Both children adopted the surname "d'Este". Augusta d'Este, married in 1845, Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro of Bowes (1782-1855).

Auction Details

Portrait Miniatures and Silhouettes

by
Bonhams
October 07, 2003, 12:00 AM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK